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Do progs really have a gripe against Columbus?
Posted on 10/8/17 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 10/8/17 at 5:49 pm
He wasn’t the first European to touch American soil
He didn’t murder or take anything of note (Pizzaro and Cortez the Spaniards did all of that)
He just “found” Hispaniola. That’s it.
Not his fault the people there traded it all away in 300 years for beads and slaves.
He didn’t murder or take anything of note (Pizzaro and Cortez the Spaniards did all of that)
He just “found” Hispaniola. That’s it.
Not his fault the people there traded it all away in 300 years for beads and slaves.
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Posted on 10/8/17 at 5:51 pm to The Levee
He started the slave trade for one
Posted on 10/8/17 at 5:53 pm to The Levee
He started the slave trade. He set up the first plantations, enslaving the local natives to work on them until they died and needed to be replaced by African slaves, in the new world to grow tobacco to export to Europe (also got the European royalty hooked on Tobacco).
Posted on 10/8/17 at 5:53 pm to The Levee
No, they don't.
It's just the next trendy thing to bitch about.
It's just the next trendy thing to bitch about.
Posted on 10/8/17 at 5:57 pm to The Levee
All of this outrage is feigned. It isn't real. The names of statues, monuments, street names and holidays have nothing to do with how one lives his or her life. I cannot for the life of me understand how progressives wake up and give a shite about any of this. Their authoritarian impulse to reshape society by force, guilt or manipulated outrage is dangerous.
This post was edited on 10/8/17 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 10/8/17 at 6:13 pm to The Levee
If it denigrates American History then yes they are agin it
Posted on 10/8/17 at 6:15 pm to The Levee
He was literally Hitler.
Posted on 10/8/17 at 6:16 pm to The Levee
Was he white?
Posted on 10/8/17 at 7:17 pm to The Levee
american indians enslaved conquered tribes. african tribes enslaved conquered tribes. europeans, asians, romans, greeks,muslims, africans had slaves years before columbus. again, people have to worry about more important stuff.
Posted on 10/8/17 at 7:45 pm to The Levee
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He just “found” Hispaniola. That’s it.
Ellos confuden el descubrimiento de American con su conquista.
Son ignorantes.
Posted on 10/8/17 at 8:27 pm to The Levee
Millions of school children mix up my ancestors with the indigenous people of this country just because some white guy got lost.
Posted on 10/8/17 at 8:31 pm to The Levee
What columbus was really about is not the point. He is celebrated for having discovered America.
And yes, progressives have a point. The western hemisphere was occupied.
Td tells us, last time this was considered, that italians were given this holiday to give them something.
And yes, progressives have a point. The western hemisphere was occupied.
Td tells us, last time this was considered, that italians were given this holiday to give them something.
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